Rail-joint.



A. KHANJEC.

.RAIL JOIN. APLlCATIOM HLED JULY 12, 191?. lfif@ mmm Nov, 27, 191?,

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

ANDREW KRANJEC, OF LOWELL, ARIZONA.

RAIL-.Torun Specification of Letters Patent.

`1Patented Nov. 2?, 191W.

Appucation inea July 12, 1917; serial ne. 180,174.

To all whomyz't may concern: j j

Be it known that I, ANDREWIRANJEC, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Lowell, in the county of Cochise and State of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail`v Joints; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others'slrilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. j

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and has for its primary object the provisionof a reliable and simple means for connecting the ends of rails.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be highly efficient in performing its functions and at the same time will be inexpensively manufactured.

1With these and numerous other objects in view my invention resides in the novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts as described in the specification and claim and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rail joint assembled.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the adjacent ends of two rails prior to connecting them.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the ends of two rails connected.

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the joint.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the chair and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an end of one of the rails showing the undercut grooves.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. The preferred embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings includes broadly a rail chair adapted to receive the adjacent ends of two rail sections, one section having an upstanding lug at one end to be received in a socket in the other section.

In detail the rail chair comprises an elongated, preferably rectangular base 1 of suitable dimensions, and formed from iron, steel or the like, side walls formed integral with the base, each comprising a longitudinal upstar .ling flange 2 `on the edge of the base 1,

an inwardly upwardly inclined portion 3 formed on the upper edge of the upstanding flange 2 and a vertically upwardly extending flange 4L on the inner edge of the inclined portion 3, said upwardly extei'iding flange 4 having its upper edge inclined upwardly and inwardly to form a shoulder whose purpose will be hereinafter set forth. The upwardly extending flan el. of the side walls are spaced apart for a purpose to be seen as the description progresses.

In order that the rail chair may be secured to the ties 22 by spikes or the like fasteners, the opposite longitudinal edges are provided with notches 23 so that the spikes may be held in positive engagement with said chair.

One of the rail sections 6 has a portion of its head cut away to expose the upper edge of the web 8 which is provided with a notch 9 extending` from the end of the head 7 to a point substantially midway the length of the web extension whereby an upstanding lug 10 is formed and whose functions will be set forth. The outer end wall 11 of the notch 9 is inclined upwardly and outwardly intr, the upper edge of the upstanding lug 10 for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth. The head adjacent the lug 10 extends downwardly on each side of the web 8 and has in the opposite lower edges undercut longitudinal grooves 13 whose purpose will be hereinafter set forth.

The other rail section 14 has a portion of its base flange 15 and web 16 cut away and has a notch 17 cut into the lower edge of the web 16, said notch extending from the adjacent end of the base flange 15 to a point substantially midway the length of the web 16 thereby providing at the outer end of said web a depending lug 18 for reception in the notch 9 of the other rail section 6 when the two are joined. The outerwall 19 of the notch 17 in the rail section 14 is inclined downwardly and outwardly longitudinally so that when the sections are being connected the two inclined walls of the notches will contact each other and tend to make a tight joint by moving the rail sections toward each other. The head 2O of the rail section 14 is provided with downwardly extending flanges providing undercut grooves 21 which, when the rails are joined, are longitudinally alined with the undercut grooves 13 in the other section, said grooves being so shaped as to tightly engage the shoulders 5 on the rail chair side walls.

The rail joint is assembled by placing the integral rail chair on one of rails adjacent the end. The other rail is then placed in the notch of the first mentioned rail, and the rails are then connected by sliding the integral chair over joint.

From the foregoing description the construction and operation of my improved rail joint the operation thereof will be readily understood and it is also to be understood that numerous changes in the minor details of construction may he made Without sacrilicing the principal advantages.

I claim:

A rail joint including a pair of rail sections, one section having a portion of its head out away at one end to expose a portion of the upper edge of its web and having a notch in said upper edge, said notch having its outer end wall inclined longitudinally outward and upwardly forming an upstanding lug on the end of the web, the other section having a portion of its base ange cut away at one end to expose the lower edge of the web and having a notch in the lower edge, said notch having its outer end wall inclined longitudinally outward and downwardly forming a depending lug to be received in the notch in the other section, the heads having longitudinally alined parallel undercut grooves in their opposite lower faces, a chair comprising abase, a pair of substantially L-shaped side walls'to engage the webs and base iianges of the rail sections and ribs-formed onethe upper edges of the side walls to be received in said undercut grooves.

In testimony whereotI have hereunto set Vmy hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. c

Y ANDREW KRANJEC.

` Vitnesses A ALEXANDER MURRY, C; M. GRGovIoH. Y f

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